1903
Fabric and wood
Short hops; the airframe is carpentry plus an engine. Civil experiment, not a combat score.
Infrastructure Field, shed, mechanic.
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Airliner
Turbofan passenger aircraft that collapsed continents into hours.
Overall 78 🛸Drone
Uncrewed aircraft from pocket quadcopters to long-endurance military UAVs.
Overall 71 ✈️Cargo aircraft
Fixed-wing freighters with wide doors and main-deck pallets — the air bridge for time-critical freight.
Overall 62 🛰️Fighter jet
High-performance military aircraft optimized for air superiority and strike.
Overall 54 🛩️Glider
Unpowered fixed-wing aircraft that ride thermals and ridge lift — silent flight and competition soaring.
Overall 52 🛩️Private jet
Small cabin jets for point-to-point travel outside airline schedules.
Overall 52 🚁Helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft for vertical lift, hover and point landings.
Overall 51 🎈Airship
Lighter-than-air craft — rigid zeppelins, blimps and modern cargo concepts.
Overall 49 🛩️Seaplane
Aircraft that take off and land on water — flying boats, floatplanes and amphibians.
Overall 49 🎈Hot-air balloon
Buoyant envelopes heated by burners — the oldest human-carrying flight technology still aloft.
Overall 43